Improvement in seed-sowers



s. w. PMNE. lImprovement in SeedSowers.

*.No. 125,324'. Pat-amd April 2,1:B72.V

PATENT OFFICE.

SETH VHITE PAINE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT lN SEED-SOWERS.

1Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 125,324, dated April 2, V1872.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SETE W. PAINE, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and in the Sta-te of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand Seed-Sowers; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being` had to the accompanyin g drawing making a part of this speciiication, in which- Figure l shows my device when in operation. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation of its lower end with the sieve-cap removed; and Fig. 4 is a centra-l section ofthe same, with said sievecap in place, on line x of Fig. 3.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the iigures.

My invention is intended for use in the sowing by hand of grain or seed; and it consists principally in the device as a whole, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter specified. It consists further in the means employed for separating the grain so as to cause them to be evenly distributed over the ground, substantially as is hereinafter set forth. It consists finally in the means employed for securing the sieve-cap to or upon the seed-box, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter shown and described.

In the annexed drawing, A represents a metal tube, having, preferably, a diameter of about one and one-half inches and a length of one foot, to or upon the lower end of which is secured a metal box, B, havingthe shape shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The box B is entirely inclosed, except where it is joined to the pipe A and upon its lower side, where, from one end inward about one-third of its length, the lower side b is removed and the opening C thus formed inclosed by means of a corresponding tube, D,which, extending vertically downward, is open at its lower end. The opening C is inclosed, when desired, by means of a slide, E, which rests upon the inner face of the side b, and is moved longitudinally thereon by means of a screw, F, which is swiveled within the ends ofthe box B, and passes through a threaded opening within said slide, or through a nut secured to or upon the upper side of the same. A head, f, attached to one end of the screw,

enables the same to be rotated and the slide to be adjusted at will over or from the opening C. The open end of the tube D is inclosed by means of a cap, G, constructed of wire-cloth in the form shown. and provided at its upper end with a collar, H, which corresponds to and iits over the outer side of said tube. A spring, I, is fastened at one end to or upon the box B, and, extending downward over the collar H, is provided upon its under side with a stud, i, which lits into a corresponding opening in said collar, and secures the same and said sieve to or in place upon the tube. A suitable bag, K,4 attached to or upon the upper end of the tube A, and provided with a strap, L, for suspending it from the shoulder ofthe operator, coinpletes the device, the operation of which is as follows:

The bag is iilled with grain and suspended from the shoulder of the operator, as shown in Fig. l, the tube A grasped by his right hand and the device swung from side to side as he walks forward. The grain, passing downward through the box B, opening G, and tube D, enters the sieve-cap G, where it spreads outward and passes through the meshes g, and falls upon the ground. By a proper adjustment of the valve or slide E the quantity of grain passing outward is regulated, while by graduating the size of the meshes ofthe sievecap a larger or smaller number of grains will be permitted to pass through each, and the grain correspondingly concentrated or scattered.

In order that the position of the slide with relation to the discharge-openin gmay beknown with certainty, a slot, M, corresponding in direction to the motion of said slide, is provided in and through the lower side b of the box B, and permits the outward passage of a stud, e, attached to said slide. A pointer, e', is secured upon and extends laterally outward from said stud e over a graduated scale, m, formed upon or secured to said side b, and provided with certain lines, which indicate, when said pointer is placed directly over one of the same, the exact distance ofthe forward end ofthe slide from the corresponding end of the discharge-pipe.

This device, while simple in construction and costing but little, will ena-ble a person ordinarily skillful to sow grain with as much regularitv and with equal rapidity as would be pos- ,sible with the ordinary powerwseeders. YHaring thus fully set forth the nature and inerits ot' my invention, what I Claim as new 1sl. A band seed-sewer, in which is a bagor equivalent reservoir-for gra-in, adeliverytube, regulated in size by means of an adjustable slide, and a screw or cap, composed of wireclotli, for separating` and scattering the grains, substantially as is specified. i Y

2. In Combination with the delivery-tube D,

the cup Gr, construo'tedof Wire-010th, in the form and for the purpose substantially as set forth.

3. In a seed-planter, in combination with the Cap G and H, The spring I provided with the stud i, substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

lIn testimony that I claimthe foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day oi February, 1872.

SETE TVHITE PAINE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. SHEPARD,' ARTHUR D. WALBRIDGE. 

